WasteCo Group Limited

WCO.NZ

Waste Management · Industrials

Exchange

New Zealand Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

WasteCo Group Limited is a New Zealand-based waste management company that collects, transports, and processes rubbish and recyclable materials. Its main customers are local councils, businesses, and residential households across New Zealand. The company operates in the broader waste collection and disposal industry, competing with larger players for regional contracts.

WasteCo earns revenue primarily through service contracts for waste collection and recycling processing, charging fees based on volume or scheduled pickups. The company is relatively small, with a market cap near zero, and its thin gross margin of around 6% and negative operating margin suggest it is currently spending more than it earns from operations. The key risk facing WasteCo is its weak profitability — negative returns on capital and tight margins leave little room for error, and the company will need to either win larger contracts, cut costs, or raise prices to reach sustainable profitability.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-55.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

3.2%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~8 months

NZ$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

WasteCo Group Limited has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

4.1%

Thin — 4.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-8.1%

Losing money on operations — -8.1%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-8.7%

Weak — -8.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+24.3%

Fast-growing sales (+24.3% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

—

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

—

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

0.9%

Thin free cash flow (0.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

13.54

Heavy debt load (13.54)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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